Necktie.



No. 65!,846. Patented lune l9, I900. H. GOLDBERG.

N E C K T I E (Application 'flled Mar. 16, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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' UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRIS GOLDBERG OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NECKTIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,846, dated June 19, 1900. Application filed March 16, 1909. Serial No. 8,876. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIS GOLDBERG, a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the construction of made-up ties of the four-in-hand, pufi, and similar varieties, and is designed to produce a tie that in its means for fastening it about the collar shall be more easily, readily, and elfeotively manipulated than any with which I am acquainted.

In order to more fully illustrate my inven tion, I annex hereto a sheet of drawings, in which the same letters of reference are used to designate identical partsin all the figures, of which-=- c Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the complete tie with-the fastening means arranged for one method of operation. Fig.2 is a similar view with the fastening means arranged for another method of operation. Fig. 3 illustrates how the neckband may be detached and used as a bow-tie. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of a portion of the knot with the band removed to more clearly show the construction, and Fig. 5 is a section of the same on the line A A of Fig. 4.

In constructing my improved tie the scarfaprons a. maybe of any desired shape and construction, and they are permanently fastened to the knot b, which I preferably construct with the apertures at c and at d, which open into converging channels that open out at the lower part of the knot, as at e and f.

' The rear side of the knot adjacent to one of the apertures, such as f, is provided with the needle g, which cooperates with the band in a manner to be subsequently described. The neckband h is of the customary width and is preferably of the same material on both sides and is provided with means for securing it to the knot. These means preferably take the form of the clasp members j and k, the position of which is indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3,-the member 9' being the female member and the member lathe male member. To

cooperate with these, I provide the clasp members Z and m, preferably secured to the rear of the knot in the position shown in Fig.

4. Of these members Z is the male member and m the female member. With the structure thus described I may employ a variety of methods of securing the tie in place, any of which I consider preferable to those now commonly employed.

Referring to Fig. 1, I may pass one end 0 the neckband h through the apertures c and e and fasten the female clasp j upon the 'male clasp member 1. The other end of the neckband is then passed through the apertures d and f, and the male clasping member 10 is secured to the female member m. With this arrangement a loop is provided above the knot and another below the knot, and the band can be drawn through the apertures 01 and f, so as to shorten the upper loop and lengthen the lower one. In applying the tie the upper loop is lengthened to the position shown in full lines in Fig. 1. This loop is then thrown over the head and adjusted upon the collar, and the lower loop is then lengthened by pulling the band through to the dotted-line position of Fig. 1. When the band is as tight as is desired, it is caught upon the needle 9, and it is securely and offectively held in place.

In Fig, 2 I have shown another arrangement of the parts, in which the double loop is formed by passing the ends through the apertures c and e and d and f, respectively, the same as before; but instead of fastening the ends of the band to the knot they are fas= tened to each other by engaging the clasping members j and 70. When thetie is to be put on, the upper loop is lengthened, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, and is thrown over the head and adjusted the same as in the other arrangement, after which the band is pulled down to lengthen the lower loop, both sides thereof conveniently moving through the knot, and after it is as tight as desired both of the adjacent portions of the neckband are caught over the needle g, and the tie is thus held securely in position.

Another and in many respects the preferred form of adjustment is to have the position of the neckband in Fig. 2 reversed-11. 2., with the loop containing the ends of the band above the knot. In this position the fastening members are left about midway of the upper loop, which is then thrown over the head and tightenedin the customary manner, after which the neckband is secured in place by engaging both adjacent parts of it with the needle g.

When it is desired to remove the tie, all that is necessary is to unsnap the clasp members j and k, which leaves the tie in position't-o be put on by merely passing the ends of the neckband around the collar and snapping them together. 7 V

If desired, the neckband can be entirely detached from the knot and scarf-aprons and tied in an ordinary bow-tie,-as shown inFig, 3.

I am aware of the strhcture s shown in the f patents No. 79,063, to Flagg, dated June 23,

1868; No. 232,516, to Laverty and Hancock,"

dated September 21, 1880, and No. 617,736, to Goldthwait, dated J anuary 17, 1899, and do; not claim the same as my invention. E

W-hat-I'do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is

1. In a necktie, the combination with the scarf-aprons and the knot permanently secured thereto, of the neckb'and having both ends securely fastened to said knot while the body of the band passes freely through the knot so as to form two loops of length varying inversely, one above and theother below said knot, and means connected to said knot, such as the needle 9, cooperating with said neckband for firmly securing it to the knot in any desired position of adjustment.

2. In a necktie, the combination with the scarf-aprons and the knot permanentlysecured thereto and having the detachable fas tening members secured thereto, of the neck-' band passing through said knot and having detachable fastening members at its ends a a t fipe at w th he. fas en mew bersen the knot whereby said ends may be securely fastened to said knot while the body ofthe band passes freely through the knot so as to form two loops-of length varying inyersely, one above and the other below said knot, and means connected to said knot, "such as needleg, cooperating with said neckb'a' n'd to secure it in any desired position'o'f adjustinent relative to said knot.

HARRIS GOLDBERG.

Witnesses v v LoUIsn E. SERAGE, HATTIE O. HALVoRsoN. 

